5 - Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To)**
6 - I Thought It Took A Little Time (But Today I Fell In Love)
7 - To Love Again
8 - No One’s Gonna Be A Fool Forever
9 - Touch Me In The Morning

Notes: 1) “To Love Again” is a Diana Ross 1981 part-anthology/part-new material LP. It was re-released as an extended CD in 2003 with 11 added tracks and some substitutions in the Seventies content (see note #4). 2) The original “To Love Again” LP comprises, on side one, of the 1980 hit single “It’s My Turn” - which had been previously released also on an Original Soundtrack LP on Motown 947 - plus three more new tracks. On side two we find instead a selection of 5 hit songs from Ms. Ross’ Seventies solo catalog. This concept, translated into informational content, appears to have made for a rather confusing case of cover notes: on the original LP the musician credits are supplied only for side one, while arranger/producer credits are given for both sides. According to these LP credits, all of side one (including “To Love Again“) has Lee as bass player. Please note that, even if I did not report it in the following breakdown (as usual I stick to Lee and rhythm section), these same LP credits specify that backing vocalists were NOT singing on the “To Love Again” track. On the other hand, the CD reissue comes with musician credits ONLY for tracks 2, 3 and 4, making it appear as if none of the musicians listed - including Lee - played on the “It’s My Turn” single. If this were true, why didn’t these musicians get excluded from the LP credits for “It’s My Turn” just as the backing vocalists were? Moreover, a number of misnomers was not corrected in the transition from LP to CD repackaging. This might be a clue that the original LP credits have remained basically unchecked, and that the correction about the “It’s My Turn” credits is only the result of a misinterpretation of these original credits as communicated through the LP graphics. In any case, I have stuck to the original LP credits attribution even in the CD listing. 3) According to web sources (pictures) no session players credits are included in the “It’s My Turn” Original Soundtrack Album on Motown 947. 4) The only substitution in the Seventies content shared between LP and CD re-release is track 9, which in the previously unreleased single mix has at least a ten-bar longer fadeout. More detailed info about all the previously unreleased tracks is indicated in the ‘CD Reissue Additional Credits’ section below. 5) Any discrepancy between the spelling of titles from LP to reissue track listing is strictly adherent to sources. 6) Above picture is of original US LP. Following credits are taken both from original US LP and CD reissue. 7) This being a hybrid anthology coming with technical credits only for the new and/or previously unreleased tracks, please do refer to the original source albums for more detailed tech credits altogether. 8) While the Original Soundtrack Album for the film “Mahogany” (1975) does not come with any credits related to the session musicians involved, it is a fact that Lee participated to the recording of that film’s soundtrack and specifically to those sessions pertaining to the “Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To)” single. The drummer playing alongside with Lee in this occasion would be Hal Blaine. Please check back for further additions about this and see picture below.

“Michael Masser is also the composer and producer of “Saving All My Love For You,” “Tonight I Celebrate My Love For You,” “If Ever You’re In My Arms Again,” “Miss You Like Crazy” and “The Greatest Love Of All.””.

Track 5:
“Originally released as single Motown 1377, September 1975”.
“From the album “Mahogany Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Motown 858, October 1975”.
“Also appeared on the album “Diana Ross”, Motown 861, February 1976”.
“#14 R&B/#1 Pop/1# AC/#5 UK”.

Track 19:
“Originally released as single Motown 1519, June 1981”.
“From the soundtrack album “Endless Love Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”, Mercury SRM-1-2001, June 1981”.
“Also appeared on the Diana Ross album “All The Great Hits”, Motown 960, October 1981”.
“#1 R&B/#1 Pop/#1 AC/#1 UK”.

Track 20:
“Recorded March-April 1974, later mixed but not used for the album “Ross”.
“Previously unreleased”.

1 - Change Of Heart
2 - When You Tell Me That You Love Me
3 - Battlefield
4 - Blame It On The Sun
5 - You’re Gonna Love It
6 - Heavy Weather
7 - The Force Behind The Power
8 - Heart (Don’t Change My Mind)
9 - Waiting In The Wings
10 - You And I
11 - One Shining Moment12 - If We Hold On Together*
13 - No Matter What You Do

Notes: 1) “The Force Behind The Power” was originally issued as a 10-track LP. According to web sources, the CD release already came with the bonus track “If We Hold On Together”. A third CD release of “The Force Behind The Power” adds two more bonus tracks to the content: “You And I” and the 1991 single “No Matter What You Do”. This is the issue the following credits were partially taken from. 2) For the “You And I” and “No Matter What You Do” tracks no credits are supplied by the CD notes. 3) The song “If We Hold On Together” was originally included in the movie soundtrack album for the 1988 animation film “The Land Before Time”. So far, I haven’t been able to compare the versions and see if they are one and the same or not. 4) Amongst the various releases of this song as a Diana Ross single there does exist a 2-disc issue including an edit version of the track. Please check the ‘singles’ section below for credits. 5) Above image is of the EU/UK CD. 6) Following credits were taken from both the US LP and the EU/UK CD. 7) The catalog # for the UK release of the EU/UK CD is CDEMD 1023.

5 - If We Hold On Together (movie version)* - edit
6 - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
7 - Do You Know Where You’re Going To (live)
8 - One Shining Moment

Notes: 1) This is a EU/UK double CD single issued in 1992 and containing a selection of Diana Ross material. The two singles were released separately within one week’s distance. 2) The song “If We Hold On Together” was originally included in the movie soundtrack album for the 1988 animation film “The Land Before Time” and in the Diana Ross album “The Force Behind The Power”. Please see entry above for detailed credits. 3) Tracks 1 and 5 are the same edited version of “If We Hold On Together”. While the version on the Diana Ross album "The Force Behind The Power" clocks in at 4:14, the duration of this single version is 3:57. The difference lies in the fact that the instrumental intro has been edited out. 4) The catalog # for the UK release of this EU/UK CD is CDEMS 257.

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